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(30) Increasing disorder is reported from almost all.
I Arab areaso A private lorry was held up and looted between
Bhushtar and Dar-i-Khazineh on 28th August» On 29th August,
a large gang raided the village of Larnghah near Ahwaz and killed
the headman of the village<. A number of small raids are
reported from the left bank of the Karun between Mullas^ni
and Band~i“Qir<. A tribal squabble between the Ka ? ab and
Ghenaneh over raids in the Mianab has broken out, and a
small Persian column has been sent out to keep the peace*
VI11 „ Tribal— hu rls tan *
(31) Murteza Asami Khan, a son of the late Ali Mardan
Khan, and Nusrat Ullah, a son of the late G-hulam Ali Khan,
have, in spite of the government’s orders, returned to their
fathers T lands in Bairanawand and are defying the government,,
Ali Mardan and G-hulam Ali were the chiefs of the Zainibi and
Khanum Bibi branches of the Bairanawand and influential men
in their time* They were executed by Beza Rhah, This action
of their sons is an important move in Lurigtan politics, and
means a definite logs by government of the control of the
most important tribe of Gilakhor*
On 22nd August, an American army lorry came Under
fire from both sides of the road thirty milag'north of ;
Andimeshk; a Mag ter Sergeant in the lorry wag killed*
(33) A complicated series of transactions over ths
kadkhodaghip of the rich village of Hussainabad near Dizful is
said to be likely to create trouble with the Ragwands c.f the
area* About four years age a certain ‘ffimur, who enjoyed the
support of the local Ragwands replaoed---apparently quite legally—
the old kadkhoda Reifullah Khan* Rome three months ago
f^e if ullah took advantage of a temporary rift between the
Sagwand Khans and Taimur to join up with Inayetullah Khan
Tahmasgebi, a petty Dizful landlord, in order to regain, his
position as kadkhoda* Reifullah and Tahmaggebi are reported to
have paid the Persian military authorities some four thousand
iumang for their help; Re 1 full ah -was duly reestablished as
icaakhoda and persuaded the military to take and hand over to him
the share of the village's grain which had been paid to
Timur in his capacity as kadkhoda 0 This somewhat injudicious
action not only angered the Ragwandg, who had by then
recovered from their fit of ill-feeling with Timur, but
showed signs of coming to the ears of higher authority and the
military withdrew their* support* Qutb, the leading landlord of
Dizful, who hag a financial ’’control” of Tahmassebi but. cannot
hirngelf afford the enmity of the Rag-wands, has advised
i'ahmagsebi to withdraw from the intrigue* Tahmassebi, however,
is unwilling to log© his investment and seems likely, unless
some satisfactory financial compromise can be achieved either
to cause considerable trouble with the Ragwanos or to create a
scand&l which will be greatly to the discredit of Colonel Humayuni,
IX* Elections*
(34) A considerable interest is now being taken in what
Iranian would-be deputies are pleased' to call the ’’Arab Consti
tuencies'’ of Kliorrarnshahr and Daght-i-Mishan, apparently because
they suppose that opposition will be less astute and votes easier
to buy« (Because of the tendency of candidates to stand ’’either
for Daght-i-Mishan or Khorramshahr”, it is impossible to avoid
trenching on the affairs of Khorramshahr consular district*) On
22nd August Manuchehr Buzurg Mehri, who served ten years in the
judicial department in Khuzigtan, called to pay electioneering
compiimentis?/ith the avowed intention of standing for Dasht-i-
Mishan or Khorramshahr* After unsuccessful attempts to get
/i n tro due tio ns